One of the many hurdles for startups and entrepreneurs in Sweden has been the shortage of investment capital for seed financing. In the very first stages of a new company the capital requirement can be as little as a below 50,000 Euros.

In countries such as the US entrepreneurs have often been able to raise the small amounts that are needed by taking out a second mortgage on their house, or […]

The research center Mobile Life at Stockholm University had an open house in March 2009 (this is a translation of my Swedish blog post from March 7th) with keynotes, mingles and demos of their prototypes for new mobile services. The center has been operational for two years and is one of 15 centers of excellence that won ten year funding by the government agency Vinnova.